Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

IBM Cloud - Text to Speech - Synthesize Audio (GET)

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Synthesizes text to audio that is spoken in the specified voice. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Http,
  Chilkat.StringBuilder,
  Chilkat.BinData;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  http: THttp;
  myBaseUrl: string;
  sbUrl: TStringBuilder;
  numReplaced: Integer;
  textToSynthesize: string;
  bdResponseBody: TBinData;
  respStatusCode: Integer;

begin
  success := False;

  //  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  http := THttp.Create;

  http.Login := 'apikey';
  http.Password := 'my_apikey';
  http.BasicAuth := True;

  //  Use your base URL shown in the credentials web page (below your apikey)
  myBaseUrl := 'https://api.us-south.text-to-speech.watson.cloud.ibm.com/instances/31941e96-7b89-4d56-8993-9cd8f18ec2d8';

  sbUrl := TStringBuilder.Create;
  sbUrl.Append(myBaseUrl);
  sbUrl.Append('/v1/synthesize?accept=ACCEPT_TYPE&voice=CHOSEN_VOICE&text=TEXT_TO_SYNTHESIZE');

  //  Choose "audio/wav" for the output file type.
  numReplaced := sbUrl.Replace('ACCEPT_TYPE',http.UrlEncode('audio/wav'));
  //  See the choices for voices at https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/text-to-speech#synthesize-audio-get
  numReplaced := sbUrl.Replace('CHOSEN_VOICE','en-US_MichaelVoice');
  textToSynthesize := 'When life gives you lemons, order the lobster tail.';
  numReplaced := sbUrl.Replace('TEXT_TO_SYNTHESIZE',http.UrlEncode(textToSynthesize));

  //  Send the GET to synthesize the voice.
  //  The response file will be contained in bdResponseBody
  bdResponseBody := TBinData.Create;
  success := http.QuickGetBd(sbUrl.GetAsString(),bdResponseBody);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(http.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;
  respStatusCode := http.LastStatus;
  WriteLn('response status code = ' + respStatusCode);

  if (respStatusCode = 200) then
    begin
      success := bdResponseBody.WriteFile('qa_output/lobster.wav');
      WriteLn('Success!');
    end
  else
    begin
      WriteLn(bdResponseBody.GetString('utf-8'));
    end;


  http.Free;
  sbUrl.Free;
  bdResponseBody.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.